Chelsea manager Mauricio Pochettino has spoken about his memories of playing with Mikel Arteta.

The two were together at Paris Saint-Germain in their playing days, and have since become successful managers.

Pochettino also coached Southampton, Tottenham and PSG, while Arteta was assistant at Manchester City before taking on the Arsenal job.

As they face each other at the weekend, Pochettino stated of their PSG days: “Amazing memories. When you connect with a person like him, we shared values and a passion of football. I can you he is part of my family. From day one when he arrived in Paris, we arrived together, spend time together, our families also.

“The first few months in the hotel and then we lived very close and it was an amazing history. It does not surprise me what he is doing because he was a coach already at 17. Trust me, he was very good in his judgement. He is still really young, improving day by day, he can be one of the greatest managers in the world."

He added on them playing against each other for the first time as head coaches:

“The first time? I think he was at Manchester City when we played with Tottenham. I consider him like a coach with Pep. It's like my coaching staff.

“It's going to be really nice because my love for him is there and it's a family. It's more than friends. It's good, it's going to be strange but we are competitive, all of the coaches, we are very competitive when we play. If he is part of my family, we want to win and to destroy the opponent. It will be strange but I will feel proud to see him."